I have Chrome too... I use it for quick surfing and stuff... especially now that it has StumbleUpon

Originally Posted by Rad Lionheart

They use different engines, so FireFox is much much faster, and has much more site compatibility.
Security, IE is basically Windows' way of letting anything download without your knowing, and that's a bad thing.
Features, FireFox has many more features than IE at this point.
You'll have a vast library of plugins to choose from for FireFox. (For security, you can look up and try out AdBlock Plus, NoScript, Ghostery, TACO, Web of Trust, YSlow.)

IE8 takes longer to load into memory but if you keep it open it can be quicker.

Firefox can let you download just about anything as well; it all comes down to settings.

Firefox does not really have more features than IE8 (a web browser should not have a lot of features anyway); what it does have are plugins.

i see, maybe I will now

Originally Posted by RetroFit

I have Chrome too... I use it for quick surfing and stuff... especially now that it has StumbleUpon

Chrome takes longer for page navigation but has a faster JavaScript engine. Also, it's not as secure as Firefox.

12 minutes of power hour.

Yeah... it came on my computer though and I do use java stuff a lot.

Opera development focuses on compatibility.

Mozilla (Firefox and SeaMonkey) development focuses on security.

IE8 and Chrome development focuses on catching up with the others.

Chrome/Chromium also doesn't allow a lot of things, like the full potential of Ghostery. xD

*bounces in* Saving up gears/flowers/spanners for a power hour later!

Originally Posted by RetroFit

12 minutes of power hour.

Yeah... it came on my computer though and I do use java stuff a lot.

Java and JavaScript are different. In my opinion, Java (applets) on web sites are very bad thing. JavaScript is common on most sites these days, much to my dismay.

Java applets and JavaScript both execute on your computer (not the server giving you the file), but Java applets require a plugin to play (similar to Flash), whereas all modern browsers have a built-in JavaScript engine which processes the JavaScript.

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Originally Posted by Rad Lionheart

Chrome/Chromium also doesn't allow a lot of things, like the full potential of Ghostery. xD

It's still too new to be very useful.

Google isn't going to allow Ghostery to block trackers though, ever.

Originally Posted by Rad Lionheart

Google isn't going to allow Ghostery to block trackers though, ever.

I'm quite sad no browser has the capability yet to block a part of a page which I can configure (I would block any URL which have "google" in the domain).

*wisely stays out of topic, eating Toblerone*

Hi Urbeth... nice new av. (brb... switching to mule)

I did not follow any of that...

Originally Posted by anime_scholar

I did not follow any of that...

We were having a conversation about web browsers.

wow Burbeth you look hardcore ^_^

Originally Posted by RetroFit

Hi Urbeth... nice new av. (brb... switching to mule)

Thanks! ^^ I am struggling to find an outfit I like. XP

I can block Google trackers on FireFox using Ghostery.

@Anime_Scholar: How do you manage to appear offline and still post?

Originally Posted by Water Fairy Clione

wow Burbeth you look hardcore ^_^

Thank you! Decided to use da eyes! And I broke down and bought the CIs.

Lol Burbeth! I know it's a typo but it's kind of funny!

Originally Posted by Rad Lionheart

I can block Google trackers on FireFox using Ghostery.

I block them by not allowing google to write any cookies to my machine.

@Flux: Invisible mode. :P

(Sorry, am playing Attack of the Fangirls, as usual, and chatting on another thread, too.)

ok, now switching to firefox, let's see here

I'm back.

wow, I can see them now, woot!